News: RiDO Business Centres take their offer online

Rotherham Investment & Development Office (RiDO) has launched a new website for its successful business centres with the help of one of their tenants, Castus Design.

The new RiDO Business Centre website www.ridobusinesscentres.co.uk includes interactive plans of each of the four centres, immediately showing potential tenants the options of available space at each location. The interactive plans also identify and promote the other companies already located at each Centre.

Amanda Parris, Business Centre Manager at RiDO said: "We wanted to make it easier for those new businesses looking for potential office or workshop space to see exactly what is available, and to provide easy access to the teams at each centre who can help potential tenants.

"We offer a number of benefits for companies looking to expand into their first business premises. These include easy in / easy out terms so businesses aren’t tied into long lease arrangements, professional premises without the high costs and modern facilities that help enhance the image of the business."

Three tenant companies within the centres with web design skills were invited to pitch for the work to create the new site. Castus Design, based at the Matrix @ Dinnington business centre were successful and Gary Hides, one of Castus' Directors said: "It was great to be awarded the Business Centre website project, not only to work with RiDO but also the opportunity to show how good the centres are as locations for young, growing businesses such as ours.

"We've have been based here for 18 months now and it really is ideal for us. Thanks to the support available from RiDO, taking the leap to our first office premises wasn't as daunting as we had expected.

"The novelty still hasn't worn off when I arrive at work each morning in such a plush building. Obviously this helps to give potential clients the right impression when they visit us. I like to call it the "wow" factor which is the message we wanted to communicate through the website."

RiDO Business Centres website
Castus website

Images: ridobusinesscentres.co.uk